Are you considering adding sponsorships to your podcast? Before you take that you should listen to this episode of Should I Start a Podcast. When looking to monetize a podcast, most podcasters go after sponsorships to help them get started on earning some cash from their show. But is that the best way to make money off your podcast? And if so, how do you even begin to get sponsors in the first place? Live from We Are Podcast 2016 is a panel of prominent podcasters answering questions from those ...
May 23, 2018•33 min
Get out a pen and paper, because you’ll want to capture ALL the pearls of wisdom on this week’s episode of Should I Start A Podcast. Here, I’m sharing with you the incomparable Andrew Griffiths’ keynote speech from We Are Podcast 2015. Andrew is a writing superstar with 12 bestsellers under his belt that have been printed in 60 countries. If there’s one thing that Andrew knows, it’s finding stories that resonate with audiences. There’s so much information shared in this podcast, from how to find...
May 09, 2018•48 min
Do you want to build your podcast audience? Then get a pen and paper out because we have a jam-packed episode of Should I Start a Podcast for you. This week, it’s all about the power of influencers, with a master of influencer marketing, Nathan Chan. Nathan is the CEO of Foundr, a digital magazine that’s interviewed industry leaders including Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Gary Vaynerchuk and Tony Robbins. Nathan has built his magazine from the ground-up in just three years, and has also g...
May 02, 2018•46 min
Are you lost when it comes to LinkedIn? Are you looking for a way to make meaningful connections to build your podcast? This week’s episode of Should I Start a Podcast is what you’ve been waiting for. We have LinkedIn master Adam Houlahan on deck with his keynote speech he gave at We Are Podcast 2015. Adam has the #1 searched LinkedIn profile in Australia, with thousands of connections. He’s the bestselling author of The LinkedIn Playbook , Social Media Secret Sauce and Better Business, Better L...
Apr 18, 2018•28 min
If you’ve ever wanted to learn from someone who’s been publishing podcasts since 2005 (that’s 13 years in the business!), then this is the episode for you! Dave Jackson is one of the Mount Rushmore faces of podcasting, and he talked with me about the power of podcasting, common mistakes for first time podcasters, and the 12 different things you can do to make sure your listener holds onto your show when listening for the first time. Dave is now one of the industry’s top consultants, and he’s spo...
Apr 11, 2018•45 min
Need a dose of adrenaline and energy? On today’s episode of Should I Start a Podcast, we’ve got the perfect antidote for apathy and complacency. My guests are Omar Zenhom & Nicole Baldinu - educators, speakers and podcasters who have together built the $100 MBA community & podcast. Omar loves rooting for the underdog and telling it like it is. Nicole is the sensible one with all the taste. Together they are a dynamic duo and their message is not to be missed. In this episode, they presen...
Apr 04, 2018•38 min
Would you like some tips on what works and what doesn’t work when starting a podcast from someone who’s recorded 150+ episodes over four years? Although he became an entrepreneur and podcaster after many years in the corporate world, Harry Duran has slowly put the pieces together on podcasting through his many insightful interviews. Harry is the founder of FullCast, a full-service podcast production and marketing consultancy. He helps six-figure entrepreneurs amplify their authority and extend t...
Mar 28, 2018•36 min
Would you like to hear a few tips on how to improve your community, connection and conversation? Well, Katie Wyatt discussed just that topic during her We Are Podcast 2016 presentation. In this episode, she teaches you how to convert more clients from your podcast with some tried-and-tested, easy-to-follow social media tips and tricks. Katie is a speaker, podcaster, consultant, trainer and coach in the online world. She has over 15 years of business experience in marketing, writing and editing. ...
Mar 21, 2018•33 min
Ronsley is the founder and chief daydreamer at Amplify. He is an author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur. He has a master’s degree in Software Engineering and an MBA in Psychology and Leadership. He is known as the creator of We Are Podcast – the first podcasting conference in the southern hemisphere, and the host of The Bond Appetit podcast and Should I Start a Podcast. He has an audience of over three million people in 133 countries In this episode, we feature an appearance Ronsley made on Tr...
Mar 14, 2018•38 min
Ronsley is the founder and chief daydreamer at Amplify. He is an author, speaker and serial entrepreneur. He has a Masters’ degree in Software Engineering and an MBA in Psychology and Leadership. He is known as the creator of We Are Podcast – the first podcasting conference in the southern hemisphere, and the host of The Bond Appetit podcast and Should I Start a Podcast. He has an audience of over three million people in 133 countries In this episode of the show, we revisit a talk Ronsley gave a...
Mar 07, 2018•38 min
Curious to know about how piano stool restoration, underwater kickboxing, sugar cookies and the Red Cross are connected? If so, you’ll not want to miss this episode of Should I Start a Podcast. This instalment features a special appearance from Ed Dale - the founder of The Challenge and MagCast, and the author of Your First Dollar . In the episode, Ed talks about permission marketing, sales dynamics, the power of crowdfunding, how to figure out and engage with your audience, and how to package a...
Mar 01, 2018•33 min
Keen to hear an inspirational story about someone quitting their job in search of more? Then today’s episode of Should I Start A Podcast is definitely for you. In this show, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Stephanie Taylor. Steph is an ex-corporate accountant turned entrepreneur and digital marketer. Steph is smart, precocious and determined - she left a cushy accounting job to try her hand at entrepreneurship. In our conversation, we talk about her first foray into a self-run business, ...
Oct 25, 2017•54 min
If you want to hear tips and advice from the Godfather of podcasting himself, Mr Bruce Wawrzyniak, then now is your chance. Bruce is the founder of Now Hear This, a Tampa-based communications agency and my latest guest on Should I Start A Podcast, and he and I have a truly insightful conversation full of useful information for any newcomers to podcasting. Bruce is an author, broadcaster and speaker and his podcast, Now Hear This, acts as an educational service for up and coming entertainers who ...
Oct 18, 2017•28 min
Today on the Should I Start A Podcast show, I talk to Tony Loyd: first-time caller and long-term friend. Tony has had quite a remarkable career as an executive with various Fortune 500 companies, but after he felt too much of a conflict between himself and his corporate position, he left in search of a more favourable role that could cater to his desire to give back to the world. After starting up his own strategic planning and talent management company, Tony recognised the rapid rates of change...
Oct 12, 2017•34 min
This week on Should I Start A Podcast I chat to my friend, Michael Bromley. One half of the dynamic duo behind the very popular blog and podcast BeyondBillables, Mike is as authentic as they come. He’s unafraid to talk about big issues and realness, and is upfront in his desire to help people. Mike’s got fingers in many different pies. Having been a lawyer, he now spends his days working as an international recruiter and assisting people in finding their dream job while writing, blogging and pod...
Sep 26, 2017•55 min
Want to hear a sales master spill his secrets and teach you how to reframe rejection? In the following episode of Should I Start A Podcast you’ll hear both, plus so much more. Here, I had the honour of sharing the stage with Glen Carlson. Glen is a podcast host, and the co-founder, COO, and director of Dent Global. Over the past 15 years, Glen has developed, sold and consulted on numerous start-ups in Australia, the UK, Indonesia, and Singapore. He helped found and nurture Dent Global to where i...
Aug 09, 2017•37 min
Interested in learning how podcasting can make you a more confident person? Then this episode of Should I Start A Podcast is for you. In this show, I had the unique pleasure of talking to a good friend of mine, Emma Franklin Bell. Emma has so many projects it is difficult to keep track of them all. She is a podcast host, artist, entrepreneur, author, teacher and the creator of The Beautiful Business Academy. Emma spent 20 years in the performing arts industry (mostly classical ballet) before bra...
Aug 02, 2017•31 min
Need inspiration, fresh ideas or just need a good laugh? This episode of Should I Start A Podcast offers up all three. In this show, I had the immense pleasure of talking to a good friend of mine, Dave Eddy. Dave is a podcast host, digital marketer, serial entrepreneur and all-round brilliant soul. With a background in business marketing and psychology, Dave spent seven years working with over 500 business clients in big marketing and advertising firms. He then decided to start a digital marketi...
Jul 26, 2017•32 min
Have you ever contemplated investing in property? Or, to be more specific, have you thought about it and then put it in the ‘too hard’ basket? You’re not alone. People all over Australia are disregarding property investing in favour of the things they think they need right now (smashed avo on toast, anyone?). Giving up the wants of your present to make sure you can cover the needs of your future is enormously important, and property is a sensible way of doing just that. In today’s episode of Sho...
Jul 19, 2017•40 min
Hello, and welcome to a new episode of Should I Start A Podcast. Today I have the immense pleasure of talking to a good friend of mine, Amber Hawken. Amber is a podcast host, YouTuber, author, life coach, mentor and teacher. Qualified in a variety of different things like Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-linguistic Programming and Deep State Repatterning Therapy and with a passion for volunteer work and helping people, Amber is one remarkable young woman. Her new book The U...
Jun 22, 2017•38 min
I recently had the pleasure of appearing on the Get More Success Podcast, where I was grilled about my own entrepreneurial journey, how to set up a successful podcast and top marketing techniques. And the guy who was asking me about all this was Warwick Merry - AKA ‘The Get More Guy’. Warwick’s own journey has been pretty awesome. Not only is Warwick a great podcaster, he’s also a professional speaker, consultant, coach and trainer known for his high-energy presentations and seminars. Warwick’s ...
Jun 08, 2017•24 min
Placing a solid foundation for crafting success and setting up his future in the world of business and entrepreneurship, Ray Milidoni carries an abundance of corporate experience across a range of industries. His experience has seen him found several businesses, including the creation of an innovative web agency at the age of only 15. Since then, Ray has moved forward to helping build organisations from the ground up, investing particular interest in the initial growth period of businesses both ...
May 10, 2017•38 min
If you’ve ever wondered how you can increase profits in business while saving time and improving your lifestyle, then Tyson Franklin is someone you definitely want to check out. A podiatrist by trade, Tyson - AKA Dr T - has been killing it in the entrepreneurial space for the past 26 years, buying and selling over 20 podiatry clinics. He’s also the author of It’s No Secret… There’s Money in Podiatry, winner of the Queensland Telstra Business Award and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Mana...
May 04, 2017•53 min
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of EOFire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews today’s most successful entrepreneurs seven days a week. In four years, JLD has grown EOFire into a multi-million dollar a year business with over 1600 interviews and 1.5 million monthly listens. JLD is the author of The Freedom Journal: Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days, which became the sixth most funded publishing campaign of all time on Kickstarter and has over 21,000 sales to date. His latest pr...
Apr 27, 2017•27 min
Yann Ilunga, is a polyglot (Speaks Italian, English, French, German and some Finnish) web entrepreneur originally from Locarno, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, now living in Helsinki, Finland. After Yann got his master’s degree in social sciences with a major in Media & Global Communication, he decided to take the leap and become a web entrepreneur. He's all about taking action and want to live life on his own terms, and that’s why he launched 360 Entrepreneur. He's the host of ...
Mar 15, 2017•52 min
Elle Roberts is a multi passionate creative coach, business mentor, dreamer, writer, speaker and entrepreneur. She loves working with clients to help them with their business planning, social media, marketing, goal setting and digital strategies so they can focus on doing the work they love. She has a passion for all things handmade and arty so working with crafty and creative clients fills her with joy. She is outgoing and confident, she talks too much and if you start on the topic of “small bu...
Mar 08, 2017•37 min
Rowan MacKey in an aspiring journalist and broadcaster. He's still 23 years of age and lives in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He went to University of Canberra, one of Australia's top universities for getting a job. As Rowan was starting his adventure outside of school, he was curious about the things that he has been seeing in society. Having a lot of questions about people doing and pursuing their professions that they don't even like or enjoy, he then thought of something that might hel...
Mar 02, 2017•57 min
Liz Van Vliet wants to be an indispensable Executive Assistant. She is on a mission to discover the skills and attributes that will make her irreplaceable. By interviewing awesome Executive Assistants (EA), Personal Assistants (PA) and Administrative Assistants (AA), she hopes to uncover the qualities that make them indispensable. There are a multitude of titles for the role of Executive Assistant and a myriad of hard and soft skills that are listed in job descriptions, but what is it that diffe...
Jan 11, 2017•45 min
Glen Carlson is an award winning entrepreneur, speaker and co-founder Dent Global. Dent run the Key Person of Influence program, acknowledged by INC.com as “One of the top personal branding conferences in the world”. Featured in the international media as a small business expert, in less than 4 years Glen has built his own business into the 9th fastest growing company in Australia (SmartCompany 2014). He is best known for helping fellow entrepreneurs develop an ‘unfair advantage’ in their indust...
Jan 04, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Des Walsh is an executive business coach, LinkedIn expert and trainer, and social media strategist. A former Australian Federal and State government senior executive, a CEO, communications consultant, industry training specialist and executive coach, Des is passionate about helping business owners and executives fulfil their potential. He has been actively engaged for over 20 years in promoting the business opportunities of the digital economy and is a certified specialist in social media strate...
Dec 28, 2016•36 min
